Luggage-carrier



(No Model.)

A. S. GOMSTOGK.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

N0. 483,346. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

fw.: cams ravine cn., mofa-uma., hewn-mou. n. c.

PATENT OFFICE.

AIIPHONSO S. COMSTOCK, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,346, dated September 27, 1892.

Application iiled May 2, 1892. Serial No. 431,460. V(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHoNso S. CoM- STOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a bag for the use of Sportsmen and'others in transporting theircamp equipments or other paraphernalia from place to place; and its object is to provide a capacious bag with means whereby it may be carried with the greatest possible ease, a further object being to make the whole rig inexpensive and of simple construction. To this end I provide the bag with rigging, whereby it may be swung from the shoulders after the fashion of a knapsack; and the invention consists inthe novel arrangement that is particularly pointed out in the claims hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, Figure l is an elevation of one of the improved bags, viewed from the front side thereof. Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmentary views showing details that are particularly described hereinafter.

A represents a deep bag, which Inay be made of canvas or any other material and is preferablyT treated by some process wherebyit is made waterproof at least to such an extent that it will shed rain. The mouth of the bag is provided with a number of eyelets a, through which is run a draw-strin g B for closing it. Vhen closed, the gathered mouth is covered by a cap or hood C, which also is provided with a draw-string c and which will preventrain from falling into the mouth of the bag.

About at the waist of the bag a number of rings D are secured to its outside, and for the sake of strength` and durability the bag is reinforced at this part by a strip, which is indicated by dotted lines at A. Through these rings is run a waistband or cord E, which can be drawn tight when the bag is lled and ready for traveling and which passes through loops f, formed at the ends of two broad shoulder-straps F. The other ends of these straps are provided with eyelets f', through which pass cords G G, each of which is attached at one end to the bottom of the bag and at the other carries a block H, having a hole, through which the cord passes, forming a loop. The blocks are similar to those used on the guy-ropes of tents, dro., and when the cord is under tension theirbite is hard enough to hold themselves in any position to which they are adjusted, so that by slipping them up or down on the cordsHthe bag is raised or lowered on the back of the person carrying it.

To aiford a convenient means for attaching the cords G G to the bag, I place in each corner of the latter a ball or block I, ot' wood or other suitable material, and tie a cord Q1 around the corner of the bag in such position as to confine the block, forminga knob. The cord G is'then looped or tied around the corner of the bag, and the knob prevents it from slipping oi.

Straps are the equivalents of cords, and

straps may be used where I have shownv and described cords without departing from my invention.

When the bag is to be stored or transported by rail, or, in fact, whenever it is not to be strapped to the back, the rigging may be easily and quickly removed and put inside.

What I claim as new is l. The combination of a bag, a cord extending around the waist thereof, a pair of shoulder-straps connected to said cord, and cords connected to said shoulder-straps and the bottom of the bag, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a bag, a series of rings arranged at the waist of the bag, acord run through said rings, shoulder-straps connected to said cord, and cords connected to the shoulder-straps and to the bottom of the bag, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a bag,a reinforcingband surrounding it at the waist, acord encircling it at the waist, shoulder-straps connected to said cord, and cords connecting the shoulder-straps to the bottom of the bag, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a bag, a cord encircling it at the waist, shoulder-straps connected to said cord, and adjustable cords connecting the shoulder-straps to the bottom of the bag, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a bag, a pair of shoulder-straps, means for connecting the IOO shoulder-straps to the Waist of the bag, the Cords G, Connected to the bottom of the bag and to the shoulder-strap, and the perforated blocks H for adjusting said cords, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the bag A, having the knobs at its lower corners and a series of rings D at its Waist, the oord E, run through said rings, the shoulder-straps F, having loops f, through which the cord E is passed, and the eyelets f', the cords G, tied around the lower corners of the bag and prevented from slipping off by the knobs aforesaid, said cords being also passed through the eyelets f', and the blocks H, secured to and perforated for the passage of said cords, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the bag and suitable harness for swinging it from the shoulders, of the cap C for closing its mouth and the draw-string c for securing said cap, substantially as set forth.

ALPHONSO S. COMSTOCK.

Vitnesses:

L. M. HOPKINS, J. HALPENNY. 

